Tagged as "Electric Guitar"

As an influential post-war blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, John Lee Hooker was most known for his droning one-chord blues playing that was so different from the Delta Blues of the time. He was said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, even incorporating boogie-woogie piano style and rhythm to his amazing music. His best known songs include “Boom Boom” and “Boogie Chillen” which are both fantastic when you hear them on vinyl. Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you will be hard pressed to find a better blues musician than John Lee Hooker.

Legendary Gibson endorsee B.B. King is rightly revered, not only as one of greatest blues artists ever to have lived but as one of the most important guitarists of all time. He is famed for his trailblazing playing style and of course for his iconic guitar Lucille.

Are you too a bit skeptical when it comes to signature gear? Regardless of which musician the piece is made in honour of, how do you know you’re going to want to sound like that next week? Next year? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could get a piece of gear and quickly program it to sound like your favourite flavour of the week? We investigate into TC Electonics revolutionary TonePrint technology…

What makes the guitar playing of Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and B.B. King so amazing? Line 6 and GuitarJamz.com’s Marty Schwartz teaches you how to make the Eric Clapton “hammer on/pull off Signature Sound. For all you blues beginner’s, Schwartz slows it down for you to learn at a slower pace. Sign-up to get Stevie Ray Vaughn and B.B. King style lessons straight to your inbox!

It’s day 3 of our VOX week at Dolphin Music. In this session, Vox headed down to London’s Hammersmith Apollo and caught up with You Me At Six guitarist Max Helyer, to find out how the Vox AC30C2X and the 55-series Vox guitar play their part. It’s fair to say that this last year has been a pretty big one for pop punk band You Me At Six. The Surrey based group have toured Europe, sold out their headline UK tour, released a hit second album and were nominated for not one, but three Kerrang! awards; including Best British Band, Best Album (Hold Me Down) and scooping the coveted Best Single award for Liquid Conference.

The hardcore scene is thriving, and at its centre are Canadian band Cancer Bats. The band may hail from Canada, but home these days is most definitely on a tour bus, as the guys take their hardcore punk sound (with some metal thrown in) to pretty much every country on the planet. Vox had the chance to catch up with them in Birmingham, where they were on tour supporting Bring Me The Horizon - just before the UK saw Cancer Bats headline their own tour last year! If you read our Cancer Bats blog we posted back in May 2010, it’s clear we’re major fans of the guys here at Dolphin Music. VOX have the pleasure of catching up with the Bat’s and find out exactly why they love VOX gear so much…

The Roland GR-55 is a revolution in guitar synthesis, with features never before available in any guitar processor. In terms of speed, it’s the fastest ever. It’s also the most accurate, thanks to newly developed pitch-detection technology. As for sound, the triple-core generator houses a world-class array of virtual guitars, basses, amps, and synth voices, enabling tones and textures that have never been heard before. Check out the the demo video and Alex Hutchings testing the synthesizer out himself!

Check out Richard Devine giving a sneak peak of Eventide’s newest guitar delay, reverb & sampler FX pedal. Released at Winter NAMM 2011, Eventide bring you a dazzling collection of reverb algorithms combines with delays, pitch shifting, tremolo, modulation and special effects in a compact and affordable package. Read on to reserve your order without payment until we have estimations on delivery and actual pricing, and watch the video for what you’ll be getting!

We’re giving you too many reasons to splash out in our winter sale. With up to 60% off your favourite musical equipment you can buy all your music related Christmas presents a present. Sound better for less! So, you can now tick that guitar you asked for off your Christmas list but here’s some perfect accessories that you might be missing, and some amazing discounts you shouldn’t be missing out on! Check out our best guitar gear offers….

The first official iPhone app from Boss is here. The ‘Boss Pedal Sketch’ is the ultimate tool for remembering all your settings for Boss compact pedals. From the historic list of Boss compacts, add all of the pedals you own to your collection and then change the settings. From here, you can take pictures of your set-up and record your sounds so that no matter where you are you remember your Boss tones.

The 19th Episode from Electro Harmonix is here! In this episode we see Bill Ruppert taking on a challenge some may deem impossible..he shows us how to recreate one of the most respected instruments of the 20th Century, the Moog Synth. Using only EHX pedals, Bill reproduces analog filters, specific ADSR enveloping as well as the sweeping modulations that redefined the way people think about tonal creativity…

Learn how a simple effect became one of the most important tools of expression for guitarists everywhere with the Dunlop Cry Baby.
This trailer from Guard House pictures announces the trailer release of Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World. The documentary tells the story of the #1 selling effects pedal of all time from its invention in 1966 through its evolution into the present day.

When Premier Guitar Magazine said they were doing an effects pedal special, it was obvious that Electro Harmonix’s Big Muff Pi was going to be included. Read the blockbuster story with never before told stories of the iconic Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Effects pedal in an interview with Mike Matthews. Also inside the 253 page digital magazine are reviews on brand new pedals, Andy McKee answering your questions, an interview with Ron Wood and a 2010 Pedal Round Up. An issue not to be missed.

Paper Jamz is the hottest new range of super-cool guitars from WowWee. Paper Jamz guitars feature unique, paper-thin technology that is played by touch alone, letting you grind out killer riffs and strum note-perfect rock anthems every time!

The Electro Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer pedal lets you capture a frozen moment and turn it into a tonally unique sonic foundation.
The Electro Harmonix Freeze pedal delivers infinite sustain of any note or chord at the press of a momentary footswitch. Release the footswitch and you are again sample ready. Three selectable decay rates, including a latch mode, guarantee liquid, smooth tonal transitions. Watch a demo video of the EHX Freeze…

The latest incarnations of Fender’s famous Telecaster and Stratocaster models comprise the American Special series-built “by the people and for people” as value-conscious “guitars for the times.” They are designed specifically to bring the full Fender experience of a terrific-sounding, smooth-playing, rock-solid-built U.S.-made Fender guitar to the workingman without emptying his bank account.

Following from last weeks Channel 5 Gadget Show coverage (which you can see here…), yesterday morning the BBC’s World Service included a 10 minute discussion on the AmpliTube iRig in their Technology Feature Digital World. The IK Multimedia AmpliTube iRig Guitar Interface For iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad - The easiest way to get your instrument’s signal into iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. Simply plug iRig into your mobile device, plug your instrument into the iRig, plug headphones or amplifier to the output and you are ready to rock…

Every musician battles hum in thir signal chain. Electro-Harmonix present you with the Hum DeBugger which turns the hum into a dead silence. How do they do it? It’s top secret EHX magic o’course! It’s definitely not a noise gate or a suppressor - but a real hum extractor. Bill Ruppert takes Electro Harmonix into his studio and shares his secret to stomping out the hum with the Electro-Harmonix Hum DeBugger! We can also let you inside the magical secret of Electro Harmonix by showing you exactly how they make their pedals…

In 2007, Line-6 approached Reinhold Bogner with a radical idea. We wanted the tube-amp legend to lend his world-renowned expertise, experience and imagination on a revolutionary new series of guitar amplifiers. After careful consideration he remarked, “This opens up a world of a possibilities…let’s see what we can do with it!”

Way Huge pedals are one of the most sought after guitar effects pedals on the market. Known by their original names, from animal inspiration; Foot Pig Fuzz, Green Rhino Overdrive, Red Llama Overdrive, Camel Toe to Swollen Pickle, Aqua-Puss Analog delay and many more, Way Huge is a name you should know everything about. See what Way Huge and Dolphin Music have in store for you within the next few weeks….

If you’re a beginner and have absolutely no idea what you should be buying…we’ve got many different ways to help you. From starter bundles to your favourite artists gear, we have tons of information to support you buying either your first instrument, or perhaps it’s your child who wants to start playing? We’ve put together some of our favourite starter packs to help…

Ever wanted to thicken up your guitar sound with a warm synth pad? Or how about a screaming lead sound that puts you infront? The GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer makes playing high-quality synthesizer and instrument sounds from your guitar as simple as 1-2-3. See what the GR-20 guitar synthesizer has to offer you and what artists like to use this!

We caught up with Gary Numan and Sulphers guitarist, Tim Muddiman, to talk about playing before legend Alice Cooper at next weekends Sonisphere festival, his favourite Dean guitars, how he makes his classic distorted sounds and future plans for playing with Numan plus his other side projects…

Bill Ruppert demonstrates how to recreate classic bass and percussion textures using only his guitar and Electro-Harmonix effects pedals. From legendary synthesis to spot on acoustic recreations, Electro-Harmonix flexibility makes any sound a possibility.

From the leader in studio-class guitar and bass software…the AmpliTube iRig is a combination of an easy-to-use instrument interface adapter and guitar and bass tone mobile software. You can plug your guitar into your iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad and jam anywhere in the world with world class guitar and bass tone right in the palm of your hand.
See what the AmpliTube iRig has to offer, videos, images and specifications right here…

Orange amps are turning the 2010 festival season Orange with an incredible line-up of artists hitting the stages this summer with Orange amps…
Dolphin Music fill you in on what artists at what festivals you can see using Orange amps, videos and more info…

A new American-made Fender with all the class and quality we’ve come to expect from the US giant. A superb instrument that you can rely on. Big tones, fantastic playing experience, and a price that means you can actually buy one… or maybe two?
Features include an alder body with gloss urethane finish, 9.5”-radius maple neck, jumbo frets, Texas Special™ pickups, and vintage-style three-brass-saddle strings-through-body Telecaster bridge.